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At WrestleMania 34, [[AJ Styles]] successfully defended the [[WWE Championship]] against [[Shinsuke Nakamura]]. After the match, as Styles and Nakamura were embracing, Nakamura would attack Styles with a low blow and a Kinshasa, turning heel. On April 17, after repeated attacks on Styles by Nakamura, it was announced that Styles would defend the title against Nakamura in a rematch at the Greatest Royal Rumble.
At WrestleMania 34, [[AJ Styles]] successfully defended the [[WWE Championship]] against [[Shinsuke Nakamura]]. After the match, as Styles and Nakamura were embracing, Nakamura would attack Styles with a low blow and a Kinshasa, turning heel. On April 17, after repeated attacks on Styles by Nakamura, it was announced that Styles would defend the title against Nakamura in a rematch at the Greatest Royal Rumble.

<!---At WrestleMania 34, Cedric Alexander won the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]] tournament by last defeating [[Mustafa Ali (wrestler)|Mustafa Ali]]. Alexander would be attacked by [[Buddy Murphy]] two nights later on ''205 Live''. Murphy was supposed to face Cedric for the Cruiserweight title at the Greatest Royal Rumble but he failed his mandatory weigh-in when he weighed 207 pounds, 2 pounds over the 205 pound weight limit, Therefore he was removed from the match and can’t compete on 205 Live until he meets the weight requirements. ''205 Live'' General Manager Drake Maverick then scheduled a gauntlet match where the winner would face Alexander at the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia for the Cruiserweight title.--->


==Matches==
==Matches==

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Greatest Royal Rumble
File:WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Promotional Poster.jpg
Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateApril 27, 2018
CityJeddah, Saudi Arabia
VenueKing Abdullah International Stadium
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Greatest Royal Rumble[1] is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event[2] and WWE Network event[3][4] promoted by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. The event is scheduled to be held on April 27, 2018, at the King Abdullah Sports City's King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1][5] The event is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. local time; however, it will air live in the United States at noon Eastern time, with a pre-show starting at 11 a.m.[6] At the event all men's main roster championships will be defended, in addition to a 50-man Royal Rumble match.[7]

Production

Background

Since its creation in 1988 by Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, the Royal Rumble has been an annual event held by WWE and is typically shown on pay-per-view.[8] The event is highlighted by the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals.[9] The Greatest Royal Rumble will include the hitherto largest version of the match, having a total of 50 participants.

On March 5, 2018, WWE and the Saudi General Sports Authority advertised the Greatest Royal Rumble, a live event to be held on April 27, 2018, at King Abdullah International Stadium, part of the King Abdullah Sports City, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[10][11] The event is a part of a 10-year strategic multi-platform partnership between WWE and the Saudi General Sports Authority in support of Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's social and economic reform program.[1][12]

On March 19, 2018, WWE scheduled seven championship matches for the event: the WWE Championship, Universal Championship, Intercontinental Championship, United States Championship, Raw Tag Team Championship, SmackDown Tag Team Championship, and Cruiserweight Championship.

As revealed on March 22, 2018, the event will broadcast on the WWE Network[4] and on pay-per-view via Sky Box Office in the United Kingdom.[2]

Storylines

On April 9, Brock Lesnar, who had renewed his WWE contract, was scheduled to defend the Universal Championship against Roman Reigns in a Steel Cage match as a rematch from WrestleMania 34.[13][14] On Raw following WrestleMania, Reigns expressed frustration about not being told about his future matches and opponents, singling out the steel cage match with Lesnar. Reigns alleged that there was a conspiracy against him. Samoa Joe, who had been out with an injury since January, came out and warned Reigns that Lesnar would beat him again.[15]

On March 26, WWE scheduled a ladder match between then-champion The Miz, Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, and Samoa Joe for the Intercontinental Championship.[16] At WrestleMania 34, The Miz lost the Intercontinental Championship to Rollins, thus making Rollins the defending champion.[17]

On March 26, WWE also scheduled Cesaro and Sheamus to defend the Raw Tag Team Championship against The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy).[16] At WrestleMania 34, however, Cesaro and Sheamus lost the titles to Braun Strowman and 10-year-old Nicholas.[17] The following night on Raw, Strowman and Nicholas relinquished the titles due to Nicholas being a fourth grader. Cesaro and Sheamus demanded their titles back, but Raw General Manager Kurt Angle instead scheduled them to face the winner of the four-team Tag Team Eliminator tournament for the vacant titles at the Greatest Royal Rumble.[15] "Woken" Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt defeated The Revival to earn the opportunity against Cesaro and Sheamus.[18] During day two of the Superstar Shake-Up on April 17, Cesaro and Sheamus were traded to SmackDown.[19]

At WrestleMania 34, The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) defeated The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) and The New Day's Big E and Kofi Kingston in a triple threat tag team match to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[17] On the following SmackDown, The Usos defeated The New Day to face The Bludgeon Brothers for the titles at Greatest Royal Rumble.[20]

A match between John Cena against Triple H was also scheduled on March 26.[16]

On April 11, after defeating John Cena at WrestleMania 34,[17] The Undertaker was scheduled to face Rusev in a casket match, but he was replaced by Chris Jericho.[21][22] This was explained with Rusev's wife Lana pleading with WWE officials to remove her husband from a dangerous casket match.[23] On April 16, however, Rusev was reinserted back into the match, replacing Jericho.[24]

At WrestleMania 34, Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, and Rusev in a fatal-four way match to win the United States Championship.[17] Eight days later, on the April 16 episode of Raw, Mahal was traded to Raw and lost the championship to Jeff Hardy. After the match, Mahal immediately invoked his rematch for the Greatest Royal Rumble.[18]

At WrestleMania 34, AJ Styles successfully defended the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. After the match, as Styles and Nakamura were embracing, Nakamura would attack Styles with a low blow and a Kinshasa, turning heel. On April 17, after repeated attacks on Styles by Nakamura, it was announced that Styles would defend the title against Nakamura in a rematch at the Greatest Royal Rumble.


Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Greatest Royal Rumble match50-man Royal Rumble match[25]
2Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman ReignsSteel cage match for the WWE Universal Championship[26]
3Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Bálor vs. The Miz vs. Samoa JoeLadder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[27]
4AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke NakamuraSingles match for the WWE Championship[28]
5Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Jinder MahalSingles match for the WWE United States Championship[29]
6Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy vs. Cesaro and SheamusTournament final for the vacant WWE Raw Tag Team Championship[30]
7The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (c) vs. The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)Tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[31]
8Cedric Alexander (c) vs. TBDSingles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship[32]
9John Cena vs. Triple HSingles match[33]
10Rusev vs. The UndertakerCasket match[34]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

Tag Team Eliminator bracket

First Round
Raw (4/9)		Semifinals
Raw (4/16)		Finals
Greatest Royal Rumble (4/27)
The Revival
(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)		Pin[15]
Cesaro and Sheamus
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows3:35
The RevivalBray Wyatt and Matt Hardy
Bray Wyatt and Matt HardyPin
Bray Wyatt and Matt HardyPin[15]
Titus Worldwide
(Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil)		5:07

Greatest Royal Rumble match participants

18 of the 50 entrants have been announced as of June 2, 2024. Bray Wyatt was originally announced as one of the participants, but he was later removed due to him teaming with Matt Hardy to face Sheamus and Cesaro for the Raw Tag Team Championship. Kane was also originally announced as one of the participants, but was later removed.

  – Raw
  – SmackDown
Name Date Announced
Daniel Bryan[35] April 2, 2018
Big Show[35] April 2, 2018
Braun Strowman[35]
Kurt Angle[36] April 9, 2018
Apollo Crews[36]
Titus O'Neil[36]
Elias[36]
Goldust[36]
Mojo Rawley[36]
Dolph Ziggler[36]
Baron Corbin[36]
Chad Gable[36]
Big E[36] April 9, 2018
Kofi Kingston[36]
Xavier Woods[36]
Shelton Benjamin[36]
Sin Cara[36]
Chris Jericho[36]

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External links

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